TAVES 2013 Report Part 3

[Stereophile]

<p><img class="story_image" src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/110513-Muraudio-600.jpg" /></p> The design and manufacturing of loudspeakers can be described as falling on a continuum. At one end, we have speakers that use off-the-shelf drivers purchased from driver manufacturers, combined with crossovers based on information in standard loudspeaker design cookbooks and/or loudspeaker design software (perhaps with "voicing" that conforms to the designer's preference). In the hands of a skilled designer, this approach can produce good results

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